Dear Business Partner,

The United Nations meets the needs of its global operations through the purchase and delivery of goods and services from vendors worldwide. As the holiday season approaches, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for your contribution as a United Nations Business Partner and for supporting the Organization in achieving its goals. We look forward to continuing our successful cooperation. 

The holiday season is traditionally a time when many people exchange gifts. In this context, we would like to take this opportunity to remind all registered and potential vendors that companies doing business with the United Nations are required to accept and comply with the UN Supplier Code of Conduct, which clearly states that the United Nations maintains a zero-tolerance policy on gifts¹ from any individual or entity doing or seeking to do business with the Organization.

The United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) has recently conducted a bulk exercise in archiving inactive vendor accounts. This action affected accounts that:

• Had no valid or working email contact(s); and 
• Had not been accessed in the past two years.

If a) you are no longer able to log into your account, b)your account is no longer visible, or c) you believe it was archived in error, you may request reactivation by contacting UNGM directly at registry@ungm.org.

The United Nations (UN) Secretariat Procurement Division (UNPD) has been made aware of fraudulent procurement notices that have been, and continue to be circulated via email, websites, and social media falsely awarding tenders and contracts to vendors and stating that they are issued by, or in association with the United Nations and/or its officials. These correspondences seek to obtain money

Effective 1 June 2024 vendors that wish to respond to the Requests for Information of the UN Secretariat will need to log into the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) to submit their responses. While Requests for Information notices will still be published on the UN Procurement Division website and the Mobile app as well as in UNGM, vendors will be redirected to UNGM to submit their responses. This will eliminate the need for vendors to provide additional information which already exists in their UNGM profile. With this change, vendors will no longer receive an email confirmation once they submit their response. However, UNGM will clearly show that their response is received.

The above is in line with the change introduced in June 2023 to the process of responding to Requests for Expression of Interest of the UN Secretariat and will avoid any confusion for vendors moving forward.

With the introduction of the Ariba e-tendering system, vendors need to ensure that their contact details in UNGM are up to date. Ariba solely utilizes the vendor contact information that is in UNGM as the source of vendors’ contacts. You are strongly encouraged to review and update your contact information in UNGM, which is critical to ensure that your company and nominated contacts could be invited to solicitations in which you have expressed an interest.

If you have any issues accessing your account, please refer to the following articles in the UNGM help center.

The United Nations (UN) Secretariat Procurement Division (UNPD) has been made aware of fraudulent procurement notices that have been, and continue to be circulated via email, websites, and social media falsely awarding tenders and contracts to vendors and stating that they are issued by, or in association with the United Nations and/or its officials. These correspondences seek to obtain money

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The 20th Annual EU-UN Procurement Seminar took place on 8-9 April 2024 in New York City organized by the European Union Procurement Forum (EUPF) in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Supply Chain Management (OSCM).

Mr. Romain Dubourdieu, President of the EUPF, and Mr. Atul Khare, Under Secretary-General for the Department of Operational Support (DOS), welcomed the participants and

Effective 26 June 2023 vendors that wish to respond to Requests for Expression of Interest of the UN Secretariat, will need to log in to the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) to submit their interest to participate in UN Secretariat solicitations. While Requests for Expression of Interest notices will still be published on the UN Procurement Division website and Mobile apps as well as in UNGM, vendors will be redirected to UNGM to express their interest. This will eliminate the need for vendors to provide additional information which already exists in their UNGM profile. This change will also mean that vendors will no longer receive an email confirmation once they submit an expression of interest. However, UNGM will clearly show that the expression of interest is received.

With the introduction of the Ariba e-tendering system, vendors need to ensure that their contact details in UNGM are up to date. Ariba solely utilizes the vendor contact information that is in UNGM as the source of vendors’ contacts. You are strongly encouraged to review and update your contact information in UNGM, which is critical to ensure that your company and nominated contacts are invited to solicitations in which you have expressed an interest.   

Please ensure that you have access to your UNGM account before the above-referenced date. If you have any issues in accessing your account, please refer to the following articles in the UNGM help center.

United Nations suppliers and contractors must comply with the United Nations Supplier Code of Conduct and General Conditions of Contract, in particular the provisions on sexual exploitation, child labour, discrimination, conditions of work, harassment, and mines.

The United Nations Procurement Division reminds the UN supplier community, that as a UN registered supplier you have accepted the United Nations Supplier

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The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) is currently conducting a Pilot project to evaluate the feasibility, challenges, and benefits of using an electronic tendering (e-tendering) solution as an integral component of its procurement process.

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The United Nations Procurement Division has published a new edition of the “Doing Business with the United Nations Secretariat” booklet in all six official UN languages. The new edition contains updated information aiming to help suppliers get familiar with the process of becoming a supplier of goods/services to the United Nations.